17 - 18 July

[mudbugga]

Replaced the water pump and thermostat on the Mitsy.
Gave cooling system a good flush and gave it some fresh coolant at the same time.

[Andrew1706]

About half way through removing the engine from my cruiser, stuck on what to do with the bolts on the top half of the bellhousing up against the firewall.

Short of dropping the gearbox down to get enough room I'm lost

Got angry at getting wet in the rain so packed it in for tomorrow..

[Sadam_Husain]

stuck on what to do with the bolts on the top half of the bellhousing up against the firewall.

haha I remember those ones on Skids truck whys the engine coming out?

[Andrew1706]

Any advice? Slipping clutch, can't even make it to 100kmh Plus new turbo bits, freshen up rings bearings etc

[turoa]

When I took mine out we already had the head off so it was easy. To stick it back in we unbolted the mounts off the block and lowered it down as far as possible.

The one on the d-side halfway down we used lots of extensions and a UJ

[J_Dub]

friken not happy, weekend planned to do front bar, mate was due to bring pipe over mid-day, not to stress had bita prep to do first, 3pm ring him, he couldnt make it today, day wasted fcuk it just aint cool when you have plans set all week then it dont happen, guess ill be doin more tommorow around the Tua fight

[lincooln]

New thermostat in the Mazda, and then new clutch cable in the Suzuki. Found out for sure that the thrust/release bearing has gone as when trying to move plumes of clutch smoke appeared. Heavy duty clutch kit time I think.

Then got it towed home from my bosses. Looks like next few weekends are going to be spent on it.

[You Get That]

Picked up some hilux axles to put under my zuk.
Wow lotsa work to do

[coxsy]

brought a scooter, in good nick, took the 40 and power steer bits to PG hydrolic's for them to look at should be able to fit it in in a month , man have they got a load of work on

[skid]

fukn stoopid toyota pieces of shite

bloody 80 died on me and hardly runs

took nearly an hour to limp 2kms

thats my weekend fukt

had planned to go wheeling tomorrow

[turoa]

fukn stoopid toyota pieces of shite

bloody 80 died on me

thats my weekend fukt

had planned to go wheeling tomorrow

tell me about it

[Andrew1706]

I like to think of it as 80 Series: even the greatest need to rest occasionally

[hippy_]

fukn stoopid toyota pieces of shite

bloody 80 died on me and hardly runs

took nearly an hour to limp 2kms

What happened to it???

[skid]

fukn stoopid toyota pieces of shite

bloody 80 died on me and hardly runs

took nearly an hour to limp 2kms

What happened to it???

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 46&t=21941

[Fakey]

Went to palmy last night with a mate an picked up his new coiled 40 good start to the weekend but after work we had work rugby team practice (I hate sport, long story) an pulled my hamstring. Went round red rocks an spent an hour an a half winching digging an towing some stoned fu#kwits from wanganui out of some soft deep sand, theyd only had the standeard mitsi l300 2 days an thought itd be a good idea to go round there for a drive Were supposed to buy me an a mate some beer but bailed on us in traffic near the piss shop

[hippy_]

fukn stoopid toyota pieces of shite

bloody 80 died on me and hardly runs

took nearly an hour to limp 2kms

What happened to it???

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 46&t=21941

Bugga..........

Went to palmy last night with a mate an picked up his new coiled 40 good start to the weekend but after work we had work rugby team practice (I hate sport, long story) an pulled my hamstring. Went round red rocks an spent an hour an a half winching digging an towing some stoned fu#kwits from wanganui out of some soft deep sand, theyd only had the standeard mitsi l300 2 days an thought itd be a good idea to go round there for a drive Were supposed to buy me an a mate some beer but bailed on us in traffic near the piss shop

Double Bugga!!

[stinky]

Stuffed the clutch on my truck on the way home on Friday. Had a visit from the gearbox fairys then took the parts down to BNT and they tell me the its a fj40 clutch and they havnt got any. Then took the flywheel into be skimmed and the machine is broken. Think i will stop at that not my weekend

[skid]

Stuffed the clutch on my truck on the way home on Friday. Had a visit from the gearbox fairys then took the parts down to BNT and they tell me the its a fj40 clutch and they havnt got any. Then took the flywheel into be skimmed and the machine is broken. Think i will stop at that not my weekend

IMPORTANT NOTICE

to all welly folk

leave truck at home

seems welly is not a good place to be out this weekend

[chrome]

managed to cut all the old shit off the zuk in the way of front suspension and notched the chassis for the coils, got it sitting where i want it with the diff moved forward about 6 inches so now its got a mean as approach angle

[coxsy]

how about welding a plate on the other side of your notch to be on the safe side,

[chrome]

yeah im thinkin of lapping a plate on the inside when i make all the mounts for the springs its by no means finished like that (i run out of shielding gas) so drank beer instead

[coxsy]

thats the style

[Heath]

Hmmmmmmmmmm Beer.

Good Idea.

Im gonna have one too.

[vvilly]

Got the heater hooked up in Dory so now we don't have to worry bout all the condensation from when i drowned her put all the dash back in and the inner guards are now in but for how long!!!!

[phraza]

not much this weekend, finally cleaned the rowdy ranno today though....

[lexulance]

Pulled the gearbox out of the lux, got to do a rear main seal on the 1uz, gona look at doing something with the clutch aswell, its only got a standard 3l diesel clutch in it, has been ok for a while now but it would be stupid not to look at upgrading it at this point

[lincooln]

started to get ready for dropping the gearbox out of the Suzuki this afternoon. Went over board and removed all the carpet, rear seats, some trim and so on.

Only got the gear lever and transfer lever out.

Bloody colds

[meece4x4]

just got back from a 2000km round trip to the 'Naki and back in the safari, went up Mt Taranaki and played in the snow had the whole mountain to ourselves so did all the newbee snow things like snowball fights and sliding down the hills on for sale signs .. great fun , then up to Ruapehu via the forgotten highway, now i know why it's called the forgotten highway it SHOULD BE!

Safari didnt miss a beat apart from on the return trip just outside Auckland when it developed a distinctive chuff chuff tick tick under load, sounded just like a burnt valve got home and pulled the heat shield off to discover all but two of the exhaust bolts less than finger tight retightened them and all good.

God Saf seats are frigging uncomfortable though must look at replacing them with something a bit better.

[92 safari 17]

Started pricing up a 3 inch coil lift for the gq, then throught i might try and get as many parts secound hand as possible but unsure yet, and gota save up some money for it . Finaly got a secound hand alternator and put it in on saturday.

[Andrew1706]

Got my engine out with very little scars

Thus the great rebuild begins..